I think the NFL realizes how poorly teams are releasing injury information.. and are prepared to start docking draft picks for it. Of course, until the enforce that, teams will continue with the norm they have established. The 20k fine levied on the Ravens is peanuts.

Vegas needs all the information they can get.. if that wasn't the case, we the fans won't get squat in terms of injury information.

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

I think the NFL realizes how poorly teams are releasing injury information.. and are prepared to start docking draft picks for it. Of course, until the enforce that, teams will continue with the norm they have established. The 20k fine levied on the Ravens is peanuts.

Vegas needs all the information they can get.. if that wasn't the case, we the fans won't get squat in terms of injury information.

Or we could go overboard like the Patriots and put everyone who has a stubbed toe or a boo boo on their pinky finger on the injury list.

you do realize that most coaches (the smarts ones anyhow) are simply not going to tell you the full nature and severity of the players injuries are if there is even the slimmest of chance that they will be able to play that season? They want the opposing coaches to have to prepare to the possibility of the injured player returning for that game. It doesn't matter how much Goodell or gamblers or fans complain. They will only give token information in their reports.

Now that the Ravens have been fined $20,000 by the NFL for not listing free safety Ed Reed on the injury report, coach John Harbaugh says the team will list every injury going forward to comply with the stated interpretation of the rulebook.

"We thought we were in compliance, we tried to follow the rules," Harbaugh said Monday during a conference call. "I'll list pretty much everybody now. Obviously, they corrected it and we'll do what they want us to do. I was surprised by it. It's something we felt like we were doing it the right way. Obviously, they disagreed and we'll adjust. There's not going to be anybody who's not going to be on there."

The NFL punished the Ravens on Friday following a review of practice and game video. An inquiry was launched after Reed complained of a torn labrum in his shoulder during a 105.7 The Fan radio program. He later downplayed the severity of the injury by saying, "I ain't drop no bombshell, man."

However, a league spokesman told The Baltimore Sun that Reed should have been listed on the injury report even though he missed no games and was a full participant in practice.

The NFL had previously fined the Buffalo Bills and the Washington Redskins $20,000 apiece for injury report violations involving defensive end Mario Williams and quarterback Robert Griffin III. And the league office has said that it will increase fines for repeat violators.

According to the NFL rulebook on reporting injuries, "All players with significant or noteworthy injuries must be listed on the report, even if the player takes all the reps in practice, and even if the team is certain that he will play in the upcoming game. This is especially true of key players and those players whose injuries have been covered extensively by the media."

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

Getty ImagesWith thee teams being fined $20,000 each in recent weeks for failing to disclose injuries in compliance with league rules, the penalty for the first offense isn’t much more than, given the value of NFL franchises, a parking ticket.

If teams become repeat offenders, however, the price will go up.

NFL spokesman Greg Aiello tells PFT that, if the Bills (as to defensive end Mario Williams), Redskins (as to quarterback Robert Griffin III), or Ravens (as to safety Ed Reed) commit further violations, the fines will increase. Aiello also didn’t rule out the possibility of draft picks being stripped.

Aiello called it “unlikely,” but “multiple offenses of a very serious nature” could result in a team losing draft picks.

In the end, only the threat of lost draft picks will prompt teams to completely comply with the rules. Fines will be viewed simply as a cost of doing business the way the teams want to do business — especially when the January 2012 comments from former Saints defensive coordinator Greg Williams make clear the fact that teams will target injured players for further injury.

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

as far as i know he didn't practiced between the time he was listed with "kick in the shin" to the time he was listed with "ankle" so he must have fell down the stairs or something

Yeah, I didn't quite think so either, but I don't follow the players daily practice activities that closely. I just thought it would be odd to go from a "kick to the shin" to "ankle" without something else happening. One truly never knows with the Packers, though.

I guess I don't understand the whining over Sam Shields injury description. Perhaps the kick was actually more of a stomp-like step and caused an ankle sprain or something? Shields biggest asset is his speed and if he's not at 100% (or as close as an NFL player can be at this time of year) its better to keep guys like Casey Hayward and Davon House in the lineup while he rests.

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I guess I don't understand the whining over Sam Shields injury description. Perhaps the kick was actually more of a stomp-like step and caused an ankle sprain or something? Shields biggest asset is his speed and if he's not at 100% (or as close as an NFL player can be at this time of year) its better to keep guys like Casey Hayward and Davon House in the lineup while he rests.

I think the on top of that "get him right" approach, is that the Packers have had a schedule of teams that allow us to "break in" the rookies with live game action and still survive. Why not allow him to get right.. especially with Woodson's injury and no guarantee of a time frame of when he will be back.

2010 taught us and the league.. you better be deep if you want to go all the way. Giants last year were playing patch work in their secondary again.

Game action is, IMO, the quickest way to get a player ready, beyond the QB spot. Those candy assed fragile egos need to be protected, otherwise the chip they carry will turn to a turd.

I think when there's enough will and aggression, there's no shortage of talent either.

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